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Feb and March Layouts!

2011-04-06T08:55:00.002-05:00

So the last few weeks have been a little crazy. What's new, right? But, I have been making time for scrapping even if I haven't been super diligent about posting it here on this blog. I've loved the cute things that Mary's been coming up with lately.

Oh, and I do blog monthly at Plum Dumpling Designs CT Blog, and it's a great place to get ideas, freebies, templates and all sorts of cool stuff. You should check it out! Happy Scrappin' Folks!

Recently

2011-01-11T22:27:00.005-06:00

I really have been scrapping. I promise...Here's the pages I've done lately...

Loving the new place

2010-09-30T13:50:00.003-05:00

We've moved this past month. To our own diggs. It's been nice to get settled in our own space. We all walk around saying, "we love our home". Cept for Lukie. He doesn't talk in complete sentences yet. But we know he would be saying that. So...when I've needed a break from unpacking, I've been scrapping. Here are a few pages from the last week.
Bruiser using Black and Blue from Stolen Moments and Plum Dumpling Designs

Wild Man using Thoroughly Amused by Plum Dumpling Designs and Haynay Designs

What? I am still one away from my goal of 5 a month? Guess you know what I'll be doing tonight...Happy Scrapping All!

Old Goals, Making New

2010-09-10T09:00:00.003-05:00

So one of my goals has always been to be caught up with a kids scrapbook by their birthday. It started out okay, I've always loved to scrap so by the time we had our 1st babe, I was pretty caught up and scrapping while she was a newborn was a sanity saver. Now having two kids, moving out of state, trying to help the DH start his practice, and do photography to pay bills, sadly scrapping has fallen by the wayside. It really is tragic, seeing is this is one of the things that I REALLY love to do. So. I've thought that no matter how crazy life ends up being, I think if I do 5 pages a month til November (Babe #2's birthday is November 30th), then maybe I will be close to being caught up by his birthday. Lofty goal, probably. But goal nonetheless. And here it is in print. So I'm officially accountable. Thanks Tawni for starting that birthday tradition by the way!!! Here are my first contributions for this month.

The first is using Mary's kit that was new last month, called Funny Face. It was a lot of fun to work with. Never short on personality and huge smiles with little man, you will be seeing more of this kit in the next few months, for sure.

This page was done with "Terrible Twos" by Plum Dumpling Designs. So fun. And so appropriate.

Click on the layouts below for links to the store. Happy scrapping folks!

Recent Pages done with Plum Dumpling...

2010-07-23T08:57:00.002-05:00

Plum Dumpling Designs has a new kit out this week folks. Summer Storm was a great kit. So easy to use. Maybe it's because we have our own little tornado running around the last few months. He really is a mess. I did a thieving page on it, and there are a few other pages I've done with Mary's Designs that I have neglected to blog about. Click on the layout to get to see the kit in her store. Happy Scrapping!

Both of these layouts were modified from templates that were part of Mary's Grab Bag in May. Now you can find them separate here.

QP Freebie

2010-04-19T08:25:00.003-05:00

Here's the QP freebie from the Easter page I did last week for baby girl. You can also find more freebies over at Plum Dumpling's CT Blog, so head over there for more goodies. Just click on the layout below to get to the download. Happy Monday!

It's a new release day...

2010-04-16T08:12:00.002-05:00

Sarah Bennett has two new kits out today! It's exciting and they are both awesome collabs. The one that I got to play with was Go Green with WM2'd Designs. I did a couple of pages with this one, and what I love about it, is they look completely different. It's packed full of fun goodies. Click the preview below to check it out!

And Mary of Plum Dumpling Designs has the full Whispers of Spring Kit released today. Their is a freebie of half the kit in the SM newsletter for April. I loved how this page turned out, so much so that I decided to make a freebie QP of it to give away on Monday on Mary's CT Blog. So check back then.

Last but not least, I worked up a page using the new Chunky Metal Alpha, and it completely worked awesome with the kit "He's my valentine".

I loved how they all turned out! Happy Scrapping Folks!

New CT and some Pages...

2010-04-03T23:46:00.003-05:00

Greeting fellow scrappers! I was so excited this week to find out that I got accepted to Mary's CT with Plum Dumpling Designs. They are awesome to work with, and just to show off some of her cuteness, I did some pages using her most recent kit, Easter Sunday for the Hare in the Air Event that the kids had last weekend. It's funny doing the same page for both kids, but their experiences are so different, plus they aren't the same gender...so here we go! Her shop is linked to the Easter Sunday Preview! Enjoy and happy Scrapping this week!

Choo Choo

2010-03-22T11:35:00.002-05:00

I have been in a scrapping mood lately, which is awesome, but I should also be packing, so...I try and rationalize that I don't want to get too far behind. Here's a page for Luke's book that is for last weeks Tuesday Template Challenge at SM. Click the pic for credits.

Final ADSR Challenges

2010-03-21T19:32:00.002-05:00

This was the last week for ADSR. It's kinda bittersweet. I love having challenges to inspire me to scrap and it's been fun coordinating with Li. Here is the last "page" I did using Beautiful You by Plum Dumpling Designs. It is a really cute kit, and I plan on doing most of Kate's birthday with it, because it matches her in all her princess glory so well. Have a great week, and happy scrappin!

2010-03-13T22:58:00.002-06:00

So I am trying to stay on top of 2009, and since Kate's birthday could be a book by itself, I thought it would be good to do a page from it using Jennifer Barrette's Ever After. Completely accurate since she had a princess themed bash, and this was even the before party party. We love our grandpa, who happens to turn 51 tomorrow. Happy Birthday Dad!

This second page was done for ADSR Challenge #10, using A Boy's World by Sarah Bennett. Li and I had to do a page together with what inspires us. Well, it's our kiddos ofcourse. I think of all I love to do that makes me me, and it's to take care of them, make them happy, and help them remember all that we've done together. Such inspiration.

Recently...

2010-03-07T17:47:00.002-06:00

I have been having a blast doing the ADSR with Li. Here are some of the pages that I've been working on this week. Love Sarah Bennett's new kit by the way. It really is awesome! You can click on the preview to see the rest of the credits! Scrap on!

Feeling Spunky?

2010-03-05T11:32:00.003-06:00

Such cuteness! It's available today at SM. Click the preview below to get to her store!

Sarah Bennett has a new kit out today! It's super cute and you can use it for either a boy or a girl. I did a page with it for Luke from our first trip to the park a few weeks ago. It's been a long winter folks.

She has a freebie on the CT Blog, so if you click this link below you can get to that post...

She is also in the process of changing stores, and is re-releasing some products that have already been available. Sister Sue is one of those kits, and I did a page a week or so with it for the ADSR last week just because it worked so well with my pictures. This kit is so girlie and fun, what better to match with toe painting?

Happy Scrapping everyone! Have a great weekend!

ADSR Season 5

2010-02-14T08:00:00.001-06:00

So I am in the Amazing Digital Scraping Race. It's a good thing too, because with how nutty it's been with getting ready to graduate and move, it's a great motivation to scrap. They have two challenges each week that you participate with a partner, and then you get a participation prize for each completed challenge. My partner is Li, and the first challenge was to do a layout on your partner, by scraplifting one of their pages.

I used Everday Special by Sarah Bennett
Lifting Li's page Growing Up

The second challenge this week was more tricky. This is the 5th annual race, so this challenge was to theme it: 5 things I love..., with 5 fonts or alphas, 5 same elements, and one of your pictures had to have the number 5 in it. That was by far the toughest. Here what I came up with though...
Using Merry and Bright by Designs by Sarah Bennett
and the New alpha Barely There by Sarah Bennett.

The picture with a 5 was by far the hardest part to come up with. Sometimes having a recipe to scrap with is good, but most of the time it can be a pain trying to make everything exactly right.

Long Time No Scrap...

2010-01-12T17:02:00.003-06:00

It's been a while since I've been able to scrap. We were out of town for so long visiting family and being busy with the holidays, that it was nice to take some time today during naptime and work on some pages with some of the cute stuff I've missed. Sarah Bennett had a really cute kit that is so perfect for Luke, that I am sure this is just the first of many pages. Here is my little trouble maker:This little man has been keeping me on my toes so much lately, but I loved these pictures. They are just so him right now. I used Sarah's kit is known as Tough Boy, and you can reach it by clicking on the preview below. She's got another kit coming out this Friday, so they'll be more pages to come! Happy Scrappin

Sarah Bennetts New DSD Products!

2009-11-07T07:24:00.004-06:00

Scroll Down to Previous Post if your here for the CT Blog train!

Well, you know that awesome grab bag that I told you about a few days ago from Sarah Bennett, well it's on sale today as well as a Funky Sampler of really fun colors. Here are the previews (linked to the store of course!)
This grab bag has templates, really cool coordinating kit and alpha. It's a great bargin! And the Funky Sampler just makes me miss summertime! Here are the pages that I did with them both!

Alpha, Kit, Word Art, Dates, and Template all from Grab Bag by Sarah Bennett!

This page was scraplifted from Becca372! Have a great DSD Day!

DSD Blog Train FREEBIE

2009-11-06T22:06:00.005-06:00

So Sarah asked her CT to come up with a couple of designs each, and this is what they came up with? Isn't it amazing? I chose not to create any designs as that is still a little confusing for me, but they did a great job! I thought that I would put together a QP with collab, and so here goes the page I got done...

And here is a QP Freebie for you to download. Click on the Preview to get to the 4-shared fiel. Just leave some love if you do. Enjoy!

Here are the other stops! All you have to do is go to each blog and download their pieces. Have a great DSD Day!
1. Sarah -http://sarahtawisha.blogspot.com/
2. Jude- judet95.blogspot.com/
3. Li- www.libeingcrafty.blogspot.com/
4. Stacy- stacysbackdoor.blogspot.com/
5. Amy- amyp-unforgettablemoments.blogspot.com/
6. Meggan- You are HERE! You can go back to any of the other gals if you've missed anything!

ScrapMuss Designs Grab Bag

2009-11-06T22:00:00.005-06:00

In honor of DSD Maria has put together a grab bag at Scrap Matters. Its got a little bit of everything and is awesome! If you click on her preview you can get to her store that is on sale this weekend!
In other news, Sarah Bennett has a contest going on her blog, and Li has a new template for this weekend. Love it! Lots more exciting things tomorrow, so stay posted and we'll have more DSD weekend fun!

Sales!!!

2009-11-05T07:24:00.005-06:00

So if you are wanting to get some digi scrapping stuff, this is definitely the best weekend to do it. All of the designers are getting geared up for National Scrapbook Day this weekend, and it's gonna be good. Happy Shopping!

Also, at SM this weekend there is lot of good sales going on as well. Click on any of these ads to get to their stores!

Sister Sue...and something new!

2009-11-03T17:47:00.002-06:00

Ha! Look at me trying to be quirky! Check out those mad rhyming skillz. This week at Funky Playground Designs Sarah Bennett has a new kit out, Sister Sue. As you can see is it fun and funky and really versitile for both boy or girl designs. Just click on the preview to get to her store. Here is a page that I did from when Mom and Cort came March of 2008 to visit. Kate was looking so itty bitty. What a fun visit. Enjoy!
We love our Aunt Corn. If you want a freebie that coordinates, Sarah has one on her blog, and you can reach it by clicking on the link below. As for something new, this week is the National Scrapbook Day festivities and there is lots of sales, freebies, and scraps planned. It's gonna be fun!

Crazy/Beautiful

2009-10-28T09:21:00.002-05:00

This is so late, as my computer was not connected to the internet for the last 11 days....but before all that drama happened. Sarah Bennett came out with a too cute girlie kit:

You can click on the image above the get to her store!

And in honor of the upcoming holiday, I worked on some pictures from last Halloween. That Kate was such a cute pink kitty.

And I also worked on a page just for fun. It's done with Valerie Brown's So Retro Kit and was a tribute to good friends. I also used a freebie from Golden Girls, known as felty blooms.

New CU and Paper Pack Today!

2009-09-28T16:09:00.002-05:00

Greetings Scrap Friends! Sarah Bennett has a new pack of CU Paper templates coming out today. And they are too cute. You can reach her store by clicking on the preview above.

She made them into some papers and has some solids for free on her blog, so grab them while you can. Here is the double page spread that I did with them. I finally got around to scrapping Kate's first "real" Halloween. I liked the way that it turned out.
Also, she has a set of coordinating solids on her blog you can download for free! Just click on the preview below to get to her blog!

Recent Pages

2009-09-22T19:24:00.002-05:00

So I have been in a scrapping funk lately, maybe it's the changing weather, I dunno, but here are some pages that I have done. Enjoy!

Kit: Everyday Moments by Chelle's Creations
Alpha: Scribbly Alpha by Designs by Sarah Bennett

Template: Circles and Squares by Designs by Sarah Bennett
Kit: life's a beach by Sahin Studios.

Woot Woot - Blog Train QP Freebie

2009-09-11T08:55:00.005-05:00

To celebrate Maria from coming back from vacation, she's put together this super cute fall kit! You can get all sorts of awesome clusters and such from this blog train! It is a great kit, and the colors are just gorgeous! Bring on the Fall!

Here is the page that I did with it from Kate, a few months after she turned 1. And below is the link to the QP Freebie. Just click on the picture, and it'll take you straight to 4-shared! Leave some love if you download!

The blog train has come from Oksana and next and final stop is with Megan. Enjoy! You can always head back over to Maria's blog if you need to start over!!!

Speed Scraps and Such

2009-08-10T15:01:00.003-05:00

Used: Nocturne De Fleur by Scrapmuss Designs
This first page was for a speed scrap.

Used: Mr and Mrs Brown by Scrapmuss Designs
EZ Border Dates by Erica Zane

Used: Seriously Spotted Combo and Seriously Solids.
Black Papers Alpha and Elements from Feels Like Home
All from Designs by Sarah Bennett

Wild Oats, anyone?

2009-08-10T10:10:00.003-05:00

So in honor of our Purina Farms pictures from last month, Sarah decided to do a farm kit! No, she didn't really do it just for me, but it was really good timing. Her kit comes out today and is a collab with Chelle from Scrapmatters. Here is a preview:And here is the page that I did with it. It's the first part of a two pager, and the other side is going to have lots more pictures of petting of the pigs and more journaling. This page was done with a template from Purple Tulip Designs. Love these colors!
Click on the preview of the kit to get it in the store today for 30% off! Also coming today, another QP for your downloading pleasure from the page I did for the Battle of the Creative Teams Saturday. It's the last week, and we'd like all the votes we can get! Have a great Monday!

Countryside Harmony

2009-08-09T17:09:00.003-05:00

Maria has a cute new kit that is out this week at Scrapmatters. It's called Countryside Harmony and it's so cute! Very soft and pretty. With some pre-clustered elements it's easy to create a page with! It's 30% off this weekend at the Birthday bash at SM! You can click on it to get to her store. Here is the preview of the kit:

and here is page that I did for the Tuesday Template Challenge at SM last week. It was a template done by Maria as well! Thanks for the super cute kit!

Remember Me...

2009-08-03T22:23:00.003-05:00

Sarah Bennett has an awesome new kit that came out last Thursday, called Remember Me. You can find it in the shop by clicking on the picture below. She also made a freebie on her blog that goes with this kit and you can get to it by clicking on the freebie picture.

And here are the pages that I did with them. I loved the way that this page turned out. Sarah's designs are great to work with. It really gets me excited to scrap!

And this was a page that I did for a speed scrap that was last week over at SM. It was a lot of fun, and I always how with the directions my pages look different than I would usually create.

Here is the freebie. Just click on the picture to get to Sarah's Blog. Enjoy!

Recent Pages...

2009-07-29T11:36:00.003-05:00

Every Moments Collab by Chelle's Creation and Juno Designs.
For the Word Up Challenge at SM this month.
This was the free kit that came with July's SM Newsletter. Super Cute!

Collabs from Designs by Sarah Bennett. FPD June Playground Games
Kinda Glassy Alpha by Designs by Sarah Bennett

Kit: Christmas In You Heart by Scrapmuss Designs
Alpha: Summer Solstice by Scrapmuss Designs
For the Saturday Special at SM.

Pink Lemonade and Chunky Chipboard Alpha from Chelle's Creations.
For the GTL Challenge at SM.

I have been really bad at blogging lately. That and I've been spending time working on paper scrapping on Luke's baby book has meant a lot of my "spare" time has gone working on that. It's good though. Scrapmuss Designs has a new kit in the works, and it should be released next week, and Sarah Bennett has a super cute release tomorrow. There will be a link to her blog for a freebie as well, so come back!

Round 2 QP Freebie

2009-07-27T21:45:00.004-05:00

Here is my submission for Round 2 at DSA, Battle of the Creative Teams, and just like last time, I thought I would turn it into a QP for anyone that would like to vote for us.

Just click on my layout above and go to the Designers, and select "Bennetts Babes"! Enjoy the page!

Another QP

2009-07-23T12:20:00.002-05:00

Greetings everyone! Here is another QP for you from Maria's amazing kit, Summer Solstice. You can get it by clicking on the picture that will take you to her blog. She is also having a drawing to give away the kit for free, all you have to do is post a comment on her blog and you can win it! Easy, Easy! Enjoy!

BOTCT Round 1 and a Freebie!

2009-07-20T10:00:00.003-05:00

At Digi Scrap Addicts this month a group of amazing ladies and I are participating in Battle of the Creative Teams using all products from Designs by Sarah Bennett. It has been a lot of fun, and the polls are open each week for voting, so go out and vote! You don't have to be registered or anything! If you click on the page I created it will take you directly to the voting poll. Just click on "Vote for your Favorite Design Team", and then click "Bennett's Babes". Thanks ya'll! Here was my submission for this week using Backyard Friends:
And here is the Quick Page that I made so you all could enjoy it if you so wish! If you would help support us by giving us a vote that would be awesome! Just click on the page to download!

Enjoy! Make sure to leave some love if you download! Happy Monday everyone!

In a Boy's World

2009-07-20T08:26:00.004-05:00

So can I say how in love I am with this new collab that Sarah Bennett did with VB Designs. It turned out amazing, and is released today! Here is a preview of the kit:
It is full of lots of boy things from cars and stars, to turtles and frogs. It also comes with two sets of Alpha's that I used both to do this page of Luke:
You can click on the preview to get to the store! Enjoy! It sure is a cute one and 50% off for today only!

Summer Solstice - Available today!

2009-07-10T13:34:00.003-05:00

Greetings scrappers! So today Scrapmuss Designs has a new kit out Summer Solstice. It's jam packed with elements and papers galore and the colors are a good mix between soft/vibrant colors. Here is a preview of the kit to get to the store just click on the picture:
And here's the page that I did with it:
Go and grab it today! It's going to be 30% off til the end of July! It's also going to be the Kit for July's Quick Page Exchange at Scrapmatters, so if you want a whole album, you can buy this kit, and then make one quick page, exchange it with everyone else and end up with 20+ pages all done. It's a great one!

Seriously?!?

2009-07-09T14:54:00.005-05:00

So I love that word. It's a lot of fun, and is so versatile to use. One more reason to love this word is that it is part of Sarah Bennett's new Seriously Spotted set of cute papers and alpha. It came out today, and looks so awesome! Love the polka dots and she even has a free set of solids that coordinate that you can download on her blog! For today only you can get them all for a steal. Click on the image for go get them from the store!

Here is a preview of the freebie on her blog. You can click on the picture if you want to go download it!
And finally, you can see what I used it for. I am trying to get all of the really cute pictures of when Kate was little scrapped so that I can burn all those many pictures onto a disk and get them off my computer. So...if you feel we are walking down memory lane a lot, then that is why...
she's grown up so much. This was just after her first birthday. Time sure has a way of flying...

Backyard Friends

2009-06-29T09:14:00.003-05:00

Sarah Bennett has a new kit out today! Backyard Friends. I pretty much am using it to scrap all of our Nauvoo pictures. It's just too perfect not to. You can get to her store by clicking on the preview. It's going to be one sale til Thursday! Enjoy!
And here are some of the pages that I did with them:

Better Late than Never...Right?

2009-06-23T10:19:00.003-05:00

Blogger has not been liking me the last few days so coupled with a migraine over the weekend, and I am a little slow at posting this! Here is the preview of the Grab Bag that Scrapmuss Designs was a part of:
and here are the pages that I got done for this grab bag. It really is very versatile and has something for everyone.

Kit and Alpha: Grandpa's Attic by Scrapmuss Designs
Stitching by Golden Girls
Template #10 by Li

Kit: She's Got Spunk by Man in the Moon Designs
Alpha: Messy Mesh Alpha by Man in the Moon Designs
Font: His Name is Honey

New Products

2009-06-18T06:45:00.004-05:00

Sarah Bennett has some new Alpha's and her first set of cut outs on sale for today only! They are only $1 each, and it's a great steal. You can click on the images above to get to her store.
Here are some of the pages that I did with her Alphas.

Together we Play
Alpha: Kinda Glassy by Designs by Sarah Bennett
Kit: Clothesline Breeze by Pressed Petals Designs
Font: Highland Perk
Done for the GTL challenge at SM for 5/27 lifting Judet's "Fun"

Alpha: Kinda Classy by Designs by Sarah Bennett
Kit: Crazy Daisy by Cyndi Price
Font: Impervious
Done for the GTL challenge at SM lifting "Accessorize" by princess.erica.

Mystery Mix

2009-06-18T06:35:00.003-05:00

There is a new series of Grab Bags coming out tomorrow, and Scrapmuss Designs did a collab with a few other designers. It's an awesome assortment of scrapping stuff. I am beginning to think that these grab bags are the way to go to get more versatile scrapping accessories. First, you get something of a designer that you love, and second is you get maybe one or two things that you wouldn't normally think you would like that end up being awesome! Look forward to showing you some pages tomorrow!

2009-06-15T10:33:00.002-05:00

ScrapMatters has a new Daily Download starting today. They only have a few pieces each day so make sure that you don't skip a day! It looks like it's going to be a great summer kit!

Designs by Sarah Bennett

2009-06-10T23:22:00.005-05:00

I am so excited to be on the new creative team for Designs by Sarah Bennett. I found her work through some pages that Li did using one of her kits, and loved them. She has a new shop at Funky Playground Designs, so you should check it out! Here are some of the pages that I have done with some of her amazing kits!

Page: My Sunshine
Kit: Boat Ride by Designs by Sarah Bennett
Template: Tuesday Template Challenge at SM for 5/26

Page: Love My Girl
Kit: Forever Beautiful by Designs by Sarah Bennett

New Kit Today!

2009-06-05T10:10:00.005-05:00

Scrapmuss Designs has a new kit out today called: Nocturne De Fleur
It's 30% off this weekend at Scrapmatters, so get it while you can! There are lots of different black and white papers and the brightly colored elements really pop off your page.
Here are the pages that I did with it this week.

I thought I had better get this page done from out last family reunion before this weekend, when we get together for another. All the Boston clan is heading up to Nauvoo today and we are spending the weekend together up there. It's going to be a blast!

Grandma...

2009-06-01T16:24:00.002-05:00

Kit & Alpha: "Make a Splash" by Chelle's Creations

I have always loved these pictures from when we went to Heber Springs last summer for the Rayman family Reunion. It was great to be with everyone, but especially nice to have my mom and dad all to myself. Okay, so there were other people there too, but they left all their other kids at home, so it was just me. Being the oldest, that was a treat! I love my parents, and loved the way this page turned out!

Speed Scraps

2009-05-30T22:02:00.002-05:00

Template: Li's Templates #12
Kit & Alpha: "Grow, Blossom, Fly" by Tania Shaw Designs
Font: Ms to try a bon?
Photos: Taken by Aunt Corn

Kit & Alpha: "Good Day Sunshine" by Megan Turnidge
Word Art: "Happiness Is" by Sya's Blueprints
Font: Pea Aimee
Pictures: Taken by Aunt Corn

We had so much fun when Aunt Cortney, Grandma and our surprise visitor Aunt Lindsay cane to visit that I thought it would be the subject for the speed scraps that I participated in today. One was after bedtime and the other during Luke's nap, so it was fun. I've never done them before, but I really liked the direction, and am pretty pleased with the pages that came from them.

Friends

2009-05-27T16:03:00.004-05:00

Kit: Blooming Friendship by JadyDay Studio
We spent last weekend going to Grants Farm while the English family was in town. It was a blast to have them come to visit us, even though we were packed in our little home like sardines. It was good to do this while we still have semi-small families, as they are only growing. We have had a blast with our visitors lately. The English's came last weekend, and the weekend before that Grandma, Aunt Corn, and Aunt Lindsay came for a visit. We had a blast going to the zoo and running around town. Don't worry, that page is in the works. As I said, I've been in the mood to do blocking, but I will do something else now. I love the clean lines though. Enjoy!

Blocking

2009-05-27T09:45:00.004-05:00

Here is another page done with Sarah Bennett "Feels Like Home" kit. This was done for a word up challenge at Scrap Matters. You have one of the focal points be a picture with words in it. That was different for me, but thankfully I took a picture of this quote that I loved while walking along the trails at the botanical gardens. It's part of a two page spread, but the other side isn't quite finished yet, so I will post that later. Lately, I have been totally loving the look of blocking pictures. I know it's a bit the same, but I love clean lines, and sometimes it's hard for me to move things around and have different angles and such. Thinking "outside the box" is hard for my I guess. Something to work on I suppose. Til then, thank goodness for awesome templates. Speaking of...Li the magnificent has a set of templates that are really cute on her blog!You can download them from her blog here. Enjoy them and don't forget to leave some love for her if you download them!

Licker

2009-05-22T08:04:00.000-05:00

This little girl always makes me smile. Here she is eating cookie dough one night before bedtime. I used the super cute kit "Feels like Home" By Sarah Bennett and loved the way this turned out!

Two Challenges

2009-05-20T23:35:00.004-05:00

This first page was for a Tuesday template Challenge at ScrapMatters. It was fun looking back to see how much Kate has changed in the past almost year and a half. She's so huge now.

This page was for the Grand Theft Layout, inspired by Li's Mr. Potato Head. It's not light and airy, which is one of the things I loved about Li's page, but it turned out okay. It was hard to come figure out something to do, because all of Li's work is awesome! This was the only picture that I took of Kate's potty-ing days. I was too busy cleaning up pee to document things too in depth, but I love the way it turned out.

Deal from Scrapmuss Designs

2009-05-15T07:44:00.003-05:00

Catch my Heart special offer is on sale this weekend at ScrapMatters. Snatch it up while you can!

Sweetness

2009-05-14T07:07:00.002-05:00

So in doing this page from last Valentines Day, I got to see how much Kate has changed in little over a year. Yesterday, I asked her if she wanted to have eggs or yogurt for breakfast. She said, "Just Juice". I didn't really respond, but usually can get around her answers if I give her something completely different. So I started to whip up some oatmeal. She saw me and said, "What are you doing?" and I told her, "I am making you some oatmeal for breakfast." She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Juusst Juuicce" like I was slow and didn't understand her the first time. It was all I could do not to die laughing, but I kept it in pretty good, not wanting to make her think it was cool to treat mom like the rainman. Oh, to be back to sweeter more innocent days. My Mom says it's not going to get any better. This was done with the Welcome Home Kit and Alpha by Erica Zane.

Magic House

2009-05-14T07:03:00.001-05:00

So, when we went to the Magic House with Rainee and Family, there was no way that I could post all the awesome pictures that we took, so here is the page that I did with them. The kit is Adventures in Reading, but Plum Dumpling Designs, and this template is by Just 2 More Things, that was introduced to me by the awesome Li! Now that I am know how to do it easier, i'll be doing double pages more often. I am just a picture-a-holic. I take too many at every occasion. Guess that just means I am addictied to my kids.

Mess Mouth

2009-05-08T11:28:00.003-05:00

Credits: Kit: Turtle Mini Kit by Scrapmuss Designs
Alpha: Promise by Shabby Princess

New Kit

2009-05-08T00:06:00.001-05:00

Scrapmuss Designs has a new kit coming out tomorrow. I've got a cute page to go with it. I was really pleased with how it turned out. Will post it tomorrow!

Dad is Love

2009-05-06T23:40:00.002-05:00

Kit: "Capture This: Life" Photo Masks
Wire and Tag: Happy to Be
Font: Pea Aimee
I loved this picture too much not to do a page for is as soon as possible. Love these guys. I also loved using Maria's new photo masks, and figuring out how they worked. It was fun doing something different!

Family Flashback

2009-04-21T22:22:00.006-05:00

Kit: Sweet Afternoon by Sunshine Wonder Girls
Alpha: Too Soon by Shabby Princess
Brads and Staples Mr. and Mrs. Brown by ScrapMuss Designs
Fasteners: Happy Go Lucky by Shabby Princess

This was a nice to take a walk down memory lane to a few years back when we went back to Memphis for Thanksgiving. It was our first Thanksgiving not living in town, so it was a treat to get to visit. I just remember this night being a lot of fun having most of the cousins together, and putting up the tree.

Girls Night

2009-04-21T07:55:00.002-05:00

This page was a lot of fun to do, just because it reminded me of the fun night we all got to go out. The kit was: Pleased to Meet you by Juno Designs, and the template was for the tuesday template challenge at ScrapMatters for 4/17/09.

Happy to Be

2009-04-17T10:01:00.005-05:00

If you are here for the blog train scroll down...

Here is the new kit from ScrapMuss Designs. I loved working with it, and loved the way they complimented these pictures! It's awesome! You can click on the image to link to the store.
Here are my pages with using this kit:
There is one for Kate...

And for Luke...

Blog Train for Happy to Be

2009-04-17T09:59:00.001-05:00

Welcome to stop #4 of 11 on the Scrapmuss Designs Happy To Be Blog Train! You've just stopped in St Louis, Missouri! My name is Meggan and I'm so happy to be part of this train!

Happy to Be...It's interesting to think about all the things that bring me happiness. My husband and children make me happy. We have lots of loving family that makes me happy. My faith makes me happy.I just read a great series of books that made me happy, and I have great friends that make me happy. There are so many things. This just names a few, but overall I just feel happy to be loved, healthy, and blessed.

Here are the pages that I did for the blog train. Hope you enjoy them and collect them all!
You can download them here!

You came from Megan, in Michigan and now go to Andrea in Columbia, MD!
Thanks for stopping by!

Exciting News!!!

2009-04-16T17:00:00.001-05:00

Maria has a new kit! Here is a sneak peek...Come back tomorrow for some pages I got done with it! And for a cool freebie!

Some Favorites!

2009-04-09T10:56:00.000-05:00

These are just some of my favorite pages that I have done lately... If you want to know where to find the kits let me know in the comments and I will link them!

New Kits

2009-04-09T10:35:00.000-05:00

I have been working with some new kits of Maria's. First was from the pictures that Li took when Luke was born. They turned out so amazing, it's been intimidating up til now to do anything with them besides hang them on the wall. The kit is Mr. and Mrs. Brown

Here is from when we when biking a few weeks ago, using another great Maria design. It was called BeautyFall. I loved this day. It was just so great to be out and about after being cooped up indoors for so long.

Staying Wet

2009-04-06T23:01:00.001-05:00

Kit: Under Construction by ScrapMuss

This was just one of the many nights that we went up to the school to watch Ben play softball. We had a lot of fun watching and then running through the fountain. Yes, security came out and told us to stop, but we weren't breaking any laws, just having some fun with our feisty 2 year old! Just thinking about those night makes me excited for another summer to come around.

Creative Outlets

2009-04-06T09:45:00.000-05:00

Hey there blogging world! I decided that I wanted some place all of my scrap book pages for anyone who was interested, and that it should be separate from our family blog so here it goes. This is my therapy. As a mom of two small kids, it's not often that I can do things "for myself", and that's okay, because it's not supposed to be that way. But if I can steal some time during nap time or after bedtime to do something creative I find that it makes everything else so much more balanced in my life. Enjoy some of our family moments!